Today's News

It has not been a very forgiving summer when it comes to the heat, but what is of more concern to us now is the lack of rain.

Some are in the throes of a severe drought, other threaten soon t be put on the list. If you are among them, I hope you have started to water, because we are seeing some unfavorable conditions for newly planted trees, shrubs and perennials.

So, how much is enough when it comes to water? Well it depends on the plant.

Fire investigators are citing arson as the possible cause of a fire that burned the home of a former Shelbyville man who is charged with murdering his girlfriend nearly to the ground Wednesday morning.

The report card overall this past week for Shelby County Public Schools was pretty good: A solid B, we would offer.

That’s not to say the slightly improved test scores on the elementary and middle school levels were all that significant. We aren’t convinced the standardized testing really matters in measuring education quite as much as we sometimes would be led to believe.

A Simpsonville woman was killed in a single-vehicle car crash Saturday morning after running off the road and hitting a tree, police say. Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputy Rick Meadows said that Elizeth Delaluz, 21, of Simpsonville, who was alone in her car, was traveling westbound on Shelbyville Road when she ran off the road on the 4900 block, just east of Fields Lane. “She ran off the right side of the road, then over-corrected [crossing to the other si